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’96 Pounds of Dynamite’ director ‘amazed’ by McDaniel

By Alise Chaffins For the Dominion Post Loren Goldfarb likes to shoot pool, which is how he became interested in Chad McDaniel’s story. “I saw (Chad) at a regional event in Orlando. I had time in between matches, and I saw that he was about to start playing. I thought, ‘Oh, ...

’96 Pounds of Dynamite’ review: Meet the man behind the pool cue

Review by Alise Chaffins When Chad McDaniel was born, X-rays revealed that he had numerous broken bones. A family member said that it looked like he had been hit repeatedly with a hammer, just enduring the experience of childbirth. In his film “96 Pounds of Dynamite,” director Loren ...

‘Hometown Market’ series finale Saturday in Fairmont

JBissett@DominionPost.com FAIRMONT – From classic T-Birds to vine-ripened tomatoes, Main Street Fairmont’s Hometown Market series this summer has been “one for the books,” Alex Petry said.“Can’t wait to see you next summer,” posted Petry, the executive director of all things ...

The time has come

This past September, I wrote a column to serve as a tentative goodbye, should my time at The Dominion Post be coming to an end. As it turned out, that farewell was unwarranted. Today, my friends, it’s for real. After many, many years wearing many, many hats here at the paper, the ...

Let me binge vicariously through you

I have a ridiculous amount of stuff going on right now. I won’t get into the details today, but will probably share more about it next week. Suffice to say, I haven’t had a whole lot of TV time lately. My evenings are spent on my laptop, or my phone – or, more often than not, ...